Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-27
BOLD HORSE THIEF.
row NE COR AWAY YRoa A CON.
STABLE.
a Celebrated Murder Case Recalled in
North Carolina Supposed Ia
oendiary Arrested.
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Especial telegram 70 the p,spatch.l
RALEIGH, N. G., April 26.-A man
named Manning was arrested in Hyde
county yesterday charged with horse
stealing. Constable Boyd, his csptor,
undertook to carry Manning 10 Jail in
. buggy, but when in lonely place
Manning knocked Boyd out Of the ve-
bicle and fed.
The United States District Court be-
gan it's spring term at'Newberne to-day,
Judge Seymour presiding. The docket
is light.
Blount e Wilson, proprietors of the
Phoenix Iron Foundry at Durham, have
assigned to II. Il. Boone. Assets,
81, 200; liabilities, $1,000.
The Odd-Fellows at Raleigh, VIII
miDgton, and several other points in
the State celebrated in handsome style
the xty-eighth anniversary of that
order in the United States.
To-day was the twenty-second ami
versary Of the battle Of Bentonsville,
the last regular engagement of the war.
vKRy SINGULAR CASE.
Three years or more ago the Gunter
family were murdered at their quiet
home in Chatham county. The excite
ment over the crime was only equalled
by the efforts to detect and punish the
criminal. Baxter Gunter, relative Of
the murdered people, fell under sus-
picion, and the coroner's jury came
near finding verdict against him, the
Pittsboro' papers reported. A year ago
last July several newspapers published
an item stating that Gunter had fled
from that section. A little later Gun
ter brought suit against the Nctcs and
OJscrror, of this city, which had pub
hshed the item on what was considered
good authority. The suit was for
$4,000, and was set to Ire heard at
Carthage. The hearing began to-day,
and last night the owner of the paper,
ms lawyers, and several witnesses went
60 Carthage. A stenographer was also
employed by the newspaper, and all of
Gunter's evidence, as well as that of
others, will be carefully taken down.
1t appears that Gunter is on trial also
by the newspaper, and lawyer said it
would not surprise him if there were
some very singular and startling devel
opments in this case.
CURRENT NEWS.
The cold weather which to-day and
yesterday has prevailed in the State is
in rude contrast to the really summer
weather of Saturday and Sunday, and
is certainly far from beneficial to the
crops.
No further news has been heard of
the University student who committed
10 many thefts at Chapel Hill. 1t is
supposed that he went to his home in
Texas.
RAILWAY NEWS.
The work of ck-laying on the rail-
way from Statesville to Taylorsville,
Alexandria county, is to begin May I'd. |
The rails are already delivered at |
Statesville.
The surveyors on the Carolina, Cum |
berland- Gap and Chicago railway have |
reached Brevard, Pennsylvania county. |
Thence they will strike for Asheville
and so on to Paint Rock, on the Ten
nessee line. In thirty days they will |
reach Asheville, taking as basis the
present rate of progress. The road
will cross the Blue Ridge at Eastatoa
Gap, with maximum grade of only
seventy-five feet per mile. The inteR-
ton is to build the road from Aiken, 5.
c., to Lowden, Ky. Later it will be
extended to Chicago.
wREN's WORK.
You were advised, at the time of the
burning of the oil-mills here, last
month, that the fire was set by an in
cendiary, in all probability. Later
occurrences confirmed the belief Some
days ago Detective Wren, of Richmond,
well known here for excellent work i'll
this same line, was here and worked up
a case. Noah Evans. the colored
Waterman at the mills. has been arrest
ed. charged with being the incendiary.
Mr.. W. q. Upchurch, president of the
mills, told your correspondent that
Evans had told him falsehoods about
his conduct on the morning of the fire.
At first Evans said he was in the mills
hut later he was cornered," and adj
mitted that lie was not in the buildings
when the fire broke out. The fire began
in the oil-room and the gin-room at the
same time. 1t is thought certain that
kerosene-oil was used and poured in the
conveyers, so as to run from one build
ing into the other.
PERSONAL.
Colonel Duncan X McRae, OF VIII
mington, has been critically sick for !
some time, but is now conyalescing.
POLITICAL.
The Democrats of Raleigh held their
ward primaries last night for the mu-
nicipal election next Monday. Many
Of the old, or Administration alder
men, were renominated, and it is
thought there will not be any material
changes in the city government. The
liquor question enters freely into the
campaign and the labor question has
some prominence. The Republicans
have rather joined forces with the Pro-
hibitionists by nominating a num-
Der of declared Prohibition can
tidates. This is in line with a
statement made some months ago
that as soon as the Republicans
could see their way clear they would
act in concert with the Prohibitionists.
In other words, they propose to use the
Prohibitionists as they did the indie